An attorney-fee award can sometimes dwarf the underlying recovery—yet, as Amy Prueger says, a party’s fee request is often an afterthought. Hosts Todd Smith and Jody Sanders talk with Amy, a litigation attorney at Clark Hill PLC in Austin, about
In this episode, hosts Todd Smith and Jody Sanders offer a mid-year check-in on the Texas Supreme Court’s new petition-for-review rules. Building on Todd’s Appellate Advocate article, A New Era in Texas Supreme Court Practice: Breaking Down the New Petition-for-Review
The full Texas Appellate Law Podcast catalog is live on YouTube: 171 full episodes, going back to March 2020.
Our first few episodes came together as the world was shutting down and courts were going remote. Jody Sanders and
“Give yourself time, give yourself options.” That refrain runs through this conversation as hosts Jody Sanders and Todd Smith break down what has changed in Texas supersedeas, the procedure for suspending a judgment during appeal. Drawing on Jody’s Appellate Advocate
The real AI risk isn’t hallucinations—it’s not using AI at all. That’s the counterintuitive argument from Ross Guberman, founder and CEO of BriefCatch, who tells hosts Todd Smith and Jody Sanders that lawyers ignoring AI may be approaching malpractice
This is the sixth and final post in the Flipping the Script series, drawn from Episode 162 of the Texas Appellate Law Podcast. The series examines what Texas appellate courts could do to make appellate practice better.
The first five
Wallace Jefferson, former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and newly installed President of the American Law Institute (ALI), joins Jody Sanders and Todd Smith for a wide-ranging conversation on appellate practice, judicial leadership, and legacy. Chief Justice
This is the fifth post in the Flipping the Script series, drawn from Episode 162 of the Texas Appellate Law Podcast. The series examines what Texas appellate courts could do to make appellate practice better.
Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure
Opposing counsel once called Chris Schandevel a “brief-writing ninja.” He took it as a compliment. Years later, as he considered ways to add value to attorneys coming up behind him, Chris channeled that nickname into a side job: Brief-Writing Ninja
“We have just anything you could think of,” Amy Small says of the Texas State Law Library, where she is executive director. Open to all—no attorney license required—the library serves everyday Texans and the Supreme Court alike. In this
